This book focuses on the issues of cross-border bankruptcy of maritime businesses. The international legal world has been particularly concerned with the issue of maritime business cross-border insolvency proceedings, given that a series of legal issues arise, adding new topics to the issues traditionally discussed in the framework of maritime law. This work explores the systemic conflict of insolvency rules and maritime law, together with more specific issues arising from that conflict, namely: the beginning and the consequences of maritime business cross-border insolvency proceedings, the prospect of collateral securities, insolvency and the limitation of liability for maritime claims. References to specific literature and an index of terms are included in this publication.